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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1956
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IMMENSE, n. Ork. usage: a large amount.Ork. 1956 C. M. Costie Benjie's Bodle 98:
Sheu aye wears them [spectacles] on a Setterday, for sheu his immense o' coonting tae deu.
